WILLIAMThe joy and elation I am currently experiencing died down like a flicker of a candle when I saw my mate turned back into her human form and fell to the ground.“Alana!”I transformed back into my human form and ran towards her and quickly scooped her up in my arms.My hands grew cold seeing the blood coming out of her eyes.“Alana, what’s happening?! Alana!”I gasped in misery when everything came crashing back into me. This is definitely the worst decision I have ever made in my whole life. I should not have urged her to transform drastically! Look what happened to her because of me!“Oh goodness! What did I do? What did I fucking do?!”I grabbed my robe on the ground and covered her nakedness with it.“William…” she stirred back into her life and even had the strength to smile at me.I breathed hard to keep my mind into focus. “It’s okay, baby. I am here. I am here with you. I’m sorry that I hurt you, okay?”She shook her head and tried to touch my face but she couldn't lift
WILLIAMI paced outside the tent while Alana was being treated inside by the doctors. They told me the bleeding has stopped and her slow heart beat has turned back to normal but she is still unconscious and so they are conducting a few tests to determine the reason.I instructed the head doctor to be pulled out of the treatment team of Alana but my mother assured me that he needs to be there. Apparently, he has the skills and I am going to swallow my pride in every way that I can to save Alana.“I should not have done that,” I said in gritted teeth while walking around the tent. “I should have never done that plan. Shit, that was the dumbest thing I have ever done in my entire life!”I sat on a log and palmed my own self in frustration, Alana’s blooded face is still very much fresh in my mind.I think it would forever stay there for the rest of my life because I failed her again this time.“What kind of a fucking mate I am to keep on hurting his own mate?” I muttered and clenched my h
ALANAI can feel the tight grip of his hands on mine and the pain in his voice when he started talking so I stayed my eyes shut to hear him. “I’m sorry, Alana. I know it’s my fault about what happened. I should not have forced you to shift into your wolf. I should have let you follow the natural course to transform.”I felt William’s lips on my head as he kissed me there with his trembling mouth.“I will accept all the lashes, Alana. I will accept them all. I just want you to live a life freely. I want you to experience the things you did not. I want to protect you with all of me. I don’t ever want you to have a glimpse of the hell those people gave you.”I heard how he took a deep sigh and kissed my hands again. I am an inch close to opening my eyes but I kept pretending that I am still asleep because I cannot take it to see the pain in his eyes. I cannot bear to see him keep on blaming himself for what happened to me.I don’t want to confront the fact that I felt the most excrucia
ALANAMy tears immediately welled in my eyes and despite my will to stop them, they still fell like rain drops.“Why is this happening to me? How can this happen to us?” I mumbled and sobbed.Why do I always feel like the heavens will never be by my side? Will I be forever oppressed? I just found my mate in the form of William who showered me with so much love. He just announced to the world that I am his mate despite knowing that I came from his family’s enemy and that I am a lycan.Filled with immense emptiness and sadness, I wilted on the floor like lit candles and wept. Don’t I deserve to be happy too? Is this really the way of living outside the dungeon?Why does it have to be so complex? Why does it have to hurt so much? I thought I would have lasting freedom and happiness once I’m finally out but it just became way too much now.William will definitely get hurt and that is the single thing in this world that I cannot take. He loves me so much and I love him so much but in our w
ALANAHand in hand, we went back to the main field where the queen luna, Sophia, Georgia, and the rest of the attendants and soldiers were waiting for us.“Alana, are you okay now?” The queen luna walked up to me and touched my face inspecting something on it. “You are still pale, Alana.”“I’m okay now, queen luna. Thank you so much for asking. I really appreciate it.”She stared at me again before sighing and walking back into her position to address all of us.“What happened to Alana is unfortunate but now that she’s back, we will announce the winner of the test.”She took a bouquet of flowers and handed it down to Sophia. “Sophia won the test successfully shifting into her wolf in a matter of seconds and coming in first place during the challenge.”Sophia excitedly received the flowers and smiled so happily. “Thank you, queen luna. That only means that I am more than capable of giving offspring to the alpha prince. Thank you for appreciating that, queen luna.”Even though I know I
ALANAAs if on cue, Lucas appeared on the door ready to get me.“Alpha prince, I will be the one to escort Alana into her new room.”William sighed before shaking his head, surprising me. I thought he already consented to me leaving for another room. I looked at Lucas and then back to him. Did the beta’s presence change William’s mind?Is there a possibility that he knows that Lucas claims to be my mate too? I shuddered at the thought especially when I sensed that the two men seemed to be having a cold war themselves.No, it can’t be.William took my hand and put it in the big pocket of his jeans. “No, I changed my mind. My mate will stay in my room where she belongs.”“William…” I muttered and looked at his determined face.Francine stepped back with her hands in the air as if surrendering to let the two men settle this.If I let William have his way, then I am afraid that the rift between him and the alpha king would become wider. That’s what I am most wary of because I know just ho
WILLIAM“Alpha king, please I am begging you to retract your order. Please let Alana return to me. Please, let my mate come back to my side!”After the call, I rushed into the dormitory but my mother was there chastising me to go to my father before I would be let in the building.I knelt before my father hoping that he would listen to me but that did not happen. He just continued staring at me with his hands clasped together in his desk.“And why would I do that? If I give in to you, then I am just setting you up in a lifetime of alphas who would rise against you and would try to break you in. They do not like the fact that you are with your mate while the tests are ongoing. Whatever the results may be, they will not accept it.”I clenched my hands upon hearing his answer. “Isn’t that a normal thing, father? No leadership is perfect. Every now and then, an alpha would stand against you and that same thing would happen to me too when I become your replacement and that it’s normal. I a
ALANAWe are back in the forest for the continuation of the competition. The two girls are their attendants but I only have Lucas with me who acted like he is my mate throughout our trip back in the woods.“We are on the third of the five tests that we have prepared for the three contestants vying to be the alpha prince’s wife. For this test, we will look into the lineage marking. We are on the ancestry hunt. We will look into their family origin to know if their bloodline clashes with that of the alpha prince’s.”I scratched the back of my hand with every word that came out of the mouth of the announcer beside the queen luna. The note Francine gave me from William says it all.He said the queen luna plans on looking into the family structure of each representative.I swallowed the lump in my throat and shook off the cold feeling that seeped through me.Bloodline hunting. Lineage marking.How can I tell them that I am the granddaughter of the former alpha king that the current alpha k
ALANAI stared at the tiny notebook in my head with trepidation.I am holding the key to the truth about my identity. Here, in these small pieces of my paper lies the secrets to my past.Putting the photo of my parents back into my pockets and breathing hard, I opened the notebook and read the first words written by blood on the first page.The scent of an old-age blood similar to mine flared into my nostrils and made my hair stand up. I looked at the alpha king who turned his back on me to give me privacy as I continued reading the words.“If you are reading this right now, then you must be from my blood, from the cursed blood that should not have existed in this world.”I paused and gasped hard when I felt that old feeling again-that feeling of abandonment and being unwanted.Even though he did not meet me, even though he was not able to see my face, he already rejected me. Just like everyone who knew me in this world except William, they do not want me to be alive. Everybody is jus
ALANAI glanced at the queen luna who gently nudged me to the direction of the alpha king outside the hall.“Go, Alana. He will tell you everything you need to know.”She gripped my hands and tried very hard to keep the tears from falling but they still came out like a dam cascading down her face.“My son loves you very much, dear.” Her voice started trembling. “Until the end of his breath, he still chose to protect you.”She touched my face before sadly smiling. “I’m sorry because I was too weak and complacent. I was not able to protect you and my son. I let my husband, the alpha king, do what he thinks is right and just. I am a worthless mother. I do not deserve to be William’s mother.”I held her hands and shook my head. “Queen luna, do not say that. William is very proud to have you and the alpha king as his parents. He always talks about you with me. He said you will be a wonderful mother to our kids.”My voice croaked knowing that that will never happen again. I will for sure sp
ALANA“Alana, please!” Sophia was able to cling into my feet when the guards dragged her away through the chains. “If you still have conscience in you, can I appeal to it? Please, do not take my mother from me! I will not live away from her! I will not survive without my mother! Alana, do you really want me dead? Do you really hate me that much?”Without thinking for another second, I nodded convincingly. “Yes, Sophia. I hate you so much. I don’t really know why you are still asking me this when it’s evident from the very start that I hate you! I hate you for what you did to me and to William!”I glanced at Minerva who’s just staring at the floor with her eyes empty. I guess she could not believe that this was happening to them. Their downfall is here and she could not do anything about it.“I hate you and your fucking mother that I will forever curse your name until the end!”I can’t help but shed tears again knowing the dead cold body of my alpha prince is just in the other room in
ALANAI swallowed the lump in my throat when I realized what the alpha king was trying to tell.“Alana, you decide what you want to happen to him. We lost our son. The palace lost the next alpha king and that is our fault.”The alpha king took a long breath before staring hard at me. “Even before William told me, I already knew you were his mate and I knew your ancestry even before but you and my son could not happen. You and him should be spared from the pain of being with each other. It is not fair that you will both suffer from the sins of the past.”The queen luna caressed my back when my tears began falling. I had a hunch on it before but I did not let it dwell in my head because how can the alpha king let the grandchild of his enemy roam freely in the palace whilst not killing her?“And so, I decided based on what should be done but I failed to see the part where you both will fight for your love until the end.”The alpha king’s eyes began to turn red because of tears but he did
ALANAI blinked as my eyes widened in realization.“Francine!”I covered my mouth with my hands in surprise when I surveyed her body.I just really want to make sure that all I’m seeing right now is real.“You can move now and you can speak now…”I hugged her so hard in happiness. Somehow, it filled my heart with joy to the brim amidst what I’m experiencing now.With her being alive, I felt like I found someone to lean on and connect in these times.“Francine, you are back to your old self! How did it happen? Thank goodness!”Caressing my face, she smiled at me, reaching her eyes.“But not for too long, Alana. Not for too long.”My smile disappeared and my grip on her hands tightened.Is she going to leave me too? Is that what she meant by her words?“What are you saying?” I asked, panicking.I don’t think I would ever move on from William’s death. I don’t think I would ever afford to see another one of my most treasured people leave me.“H-Have you heard about what happened to W-Will
ALANACold and out of life, William remained in my arms for as long as I can remember. I just stared at his pale face emptily feeling nothing of his aura anymore.I did not let anyone near him. I would growl and snarl at every individual who might attempt to take him away from me.“I love you, William. I always will.”I watched as his life slipped away from him, taking all of my will to live too.Gathering up all that was left of me, I stood up and locked eyes with Zuleik’s dead face.“This is all your fault...” I whispered when I picked up the silver on the ground and ran towards his dead body.“This is all your fault!” I began stabbing his body using the silver, not caring if I am butchering him like a pig. “Because of you, William is dead! Because of what you did, I cannot hear his voice anymore! Because of you, we cannot make our promises for each other anymore!”The whole crowd stopped just to watch me kill Zuleik over and over again. I don’t care if I am literally butchering his
ALANAMy world literally stopped and time was frozen in my head. The only thing that registered to me is the cold body of William in my arms as I cried like crazy begging him to stay.“William, no… please no!”I saw how hard he started blinking hard to keep his eyes wide open so he could look at me.I gripped his hands as my tears began blinding me. I wanted to burst into more tears when I felt his hands in mine getting colder than ever.“William, you cannot give up now, okay? You are right. They are here now. The alpha king and queen luna defeated their enemies. You are right when you told Lucas that they are so strong together.”From a close distance, the werewolf soldiers are starting to overwhelm the remaining lycans. Headed by the alpha king and queen luna who are both in their magnificent white wolf forms, they quickly finished the enemies.I caught my breath when my heart began to tighten opposite of William’s essence that is already starting to be whisked away by the air. “Can
WILLIAMWe are beyond exhausted but knowing that we are fighting side by side brought so much hope to me.Shifting together never has been this fun. Killing together the enemies was never this justifiable.“Let me handle the back ones. Go attack the center lines!” she yelled at my back and I could only nod before shifting back into my wolf.I am the alpha prince who oversees attacks and war plans but being commanded by Alana felt so satisfyingly good.I just love it when she shows her alpha side to me.Just as she ordered me, I targeted the first line of defenses while she took care of the back ones of the never-ending supply of enemies.I am trying to get to Lucas who has that whistle in his neck that is used to control the lycans. If only I could get past these lycans and get to that fucking beta but their overwhelming number is making it hard for me to do so.Breaking their faces, biting their necks, throwing them at the ground, and killing them with my claws as I savagely growled
ALANAMy eyes connected with William and I smiled at him to assure him that I am fine. I got the attention of both the lycans and the werewolves which I really want to have to pass on a message.They may think that I am just pranking them but I trust that they know their history. Once I show them how I really look, they will listen to what I have to say.I gulped when I looked at William again. I trust that he will be there to calm me when I could not control myself anymore.Growling, I scratched the ground ready to get lost in the chaos. I just really hope that I could still recognize people although I know my wolf will always know it’s William.“Alana! No!” William shouted in worry as he jumped unto me and clasped my face gasping for air. “Do not transform! Not yet!”The second his hand landed on my skin, I instantly felt the trembling of his flesh.“Why? What’s wrong, William?”I was too confused because it’s the first time that I saw him react like this.He pointed at the horizons